Youth Police Liaison Group (YPLG)

What is a Youth Police Liaison Group (YPLG)?

It is a group that brings the young people of a ward or a specific area together with officers from their Safer Neighbourhood Team.

These YPLGs come under the umbrella of the Community and Police Partnership (CPP) and the minutes/notes of a meeting are forwarded to the CPP Administrator so that any issues raised can be pursued as appropriate.

This also ensures that CPP members to see the issues that these young people are raising and how they are being resolved and also acts as a barometer of their fears and concerns about their own and that area’s safety.

Why were they set up?

Most young people find meetings boring and it was agreed that going out to speak to them might be a way of engaging them.

YPLGs were set up to give young people living or attending school in the borough the chance to “have their say” on crime and policing issues that concern them. It is also an opportunity for people to come and speak to them about current issues such as stop and search or knife crime.They meet as often or as little as suits those young people and the officers concerned to discuss and find solutions to the various concerns and problems of the area.

There is deliberately no “set” agenda although guidance might be given around topical issues.

YPLGs are not party political, they are there to represent the whole community.

Some of the YPLGs are linked to Secondary Schools, others are ward or Youth Centre based and some are formed of a number of wards coming together. It is hoped that in time these will be set up in all 18 wards.

More information

For information on YPLG's please contact:

Community Safety Team

3rd Floor Civic Centre
44 York Street
Twickenham
TW1 3BZ

Email: community.safety@richmond.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 8891 7777